Trump Deploys National Guard for D.C. Crime but Called Jan. 6 Rioters ‘Very Special’

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/us/politics/trump-jan-6-dc-crime.html?unlocked_article_code=1.d08.MYYf.ypTm9N7GcoYa&smid=url-share

President Trump said he needed to send in the Guard to secure the nation’s capital. But on Jan. 6, 2021 — the most lawless day in recent Washington history — he had a very different reaction.

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ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org · 34 pts · 1y (2 replies)

The Jan 6 rioters ARE very special, in a short bus kind of way.

digredior@lemmynsfw.com · 17 pts · 1y

You’re being extraordinarily insulting to the short bus kids.

arin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Jan6 criminals got hired to run ICE

lmdnw@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y

Any national guard who takes part in occupying and oppressing innocents deserves the same punishment that Trump and his office cronies do. “Following orders” should never be a feasible defense.

Frag your commanders.

Hamlam282@piefed.social · 7 pts · 1y

Absolutely fascist !

zero@fek.xyz · 3 pts · 1y

Welcome to the Trump Circus.

WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y

The Jan 6 rioters had more conviction than the “resistance” seems to